Legal Research

Slaw Scavenger Hunt - Update for Day 4

By Simon Chester

Bringing you up to date with progress in the global Scavenger Hunt, the contributions just keep on coming.

In terms of the contest list of 50 dates, set by the two Simons, the table below lists the twenty dates remaining to be identified. The lead is still with our reader (a pioneer blogger) in Oxford, who must have spent part of the weekend in the Bodleian Law Library. He has 148 points. Close behind is a prominent lawyer from Toronto is close behind with 115 points. And the Western Canadian librarians who started so well are behind at 53 and 46 points. We’ve had entries from law students in Quebec and Ontario, and late yesterday, an entry in the what had we missed category from a law teacher in Ireland - it’s wonderful to connect this way with our global readership.

That list of dates (which trumps both the UNESCO and Simon and Simon lists) is a real revelation. When the contest ends we’ll be able to provide the Library of Congress and UNESCO with a thoughtful guide to the world’s collective legal heritage. But we need your thoughts too..

Our contestants have successfully identified thirty dates listed here, as well as giving us some food for thought with their own nominations for what should be in the legal heritage of mankind.

There are still points available for tracking down where the Tang Code of 624 is physically or on the web:

For those who want to use their research skills to compete, here is the revised table - can you guess any of the dates?

Send your entries (on one item or any number) by email to contest@slaw.ca and we?ll track the winners.

Full post as published by Slaw.ca on May 12, 2009 (boomark / email).